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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-24

CUTIcURA REMEDIES are sold everywhere.
Price CUTICURA, so cents; REsOLyEST, Sl-OOs
SOAP q cents. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass SEND Tor
Show Cure Skin Disea ses.p
CDIDC Pimples, Skin Blsnishes and
UNUDOi Baby Hum ors cured By CUTIcURA
SOAP.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-24
INDIANA's PENSIONERS.
The Number OF soldiers on the Pay R0
and Amounts by Counties.

The Sentinel this morning prints table
showing the number of pensioners in each
county in Indiana and the amo1nis paid
monthly and yearly TO them. Marion, be-
ing the largest county in the State, natu-
rally has the greatest number of pension
ers. Vigo comes next, while Union stands
at the foot OF the list. Some idea of the
enormous business done By the Indianapo-
lis pension agency may be formed after ex-
aminiDg the table.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
The Very Worst of All.

Social crazes are nothing if not silly,
and the latest is certainly one of the
most foolish in a long list of follies.
1t is nothing less than the keeping of a
hair album in which young ladies
thoughtfully store up locks from the
pates of their gentlemen friends. Each
contribution is tied with blue ribbon,
and accompanied by general
description of the appearance of the
individual donors. The girl with any
regard for good sense and propriety
would never accept lock of hair from
any one but her betrothed lover. The
craze referred to is simply an exagger-
ated manifestation of the leaning to in
discriminate Irritation so observable in
the overgrown boys and unbalanced
girl of the present period. -Boltjmoer
Herald
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
JEFFERSON'S SAW-MILL.
A Hitherto Unpublished Anecdote of the
Famous Statesman.


Mr.. Stansbury, the stcnographer
used to tell story about the erection
of saw-min at Monticello. by Presi-
dent Jefferson, after he had retired from
the Presidential chair He invented a
windmill and sent for an engineer. to
whom he submitted his plans. showing
him hill exposed to currents of air. on
the top of which he proposed to build
a sav-mill, to be propelled by vertical
sails. The man of professional science
examined the plan, and listened with
profound attention and Difference to Mr..
Jefferson explanations of it, and to
his eloquent illustration of the advan-
tages it would secure. Having heard
him through and being asked by the
philosopher What he thought of it, :"
he replied. with great sincerity, that it
was most ingenious idea, and was de-
cidedly the best plan for saw-mill he
had ever seen Jefferson was delighted,
and forthwith entered into a written
agreement for the erection of such
mill on the neighboring heights.
The work went bravely on, the
inventor very frequently mounting
his horse and riding over to see how
it proceeded. When the frame was up.
and the building approached its COM
pletion, the engineer rode over to Month
cello, to obtain supply of money and
to get some directions about the saws.
Jefferson kept him to dinner. and when
the cloth was removed, and wine sat
upon the table. he turned to his guest,
and with an air of much satisfaction,
exclaimed:
"And so, Mr.. -, you like my mill. p"
al do, sir, indeed. very much; it is
certainly one of the greatest improve
ments in the construction of saw-mill
| ever witnessed"
You think the sails are so hung that
it can not fail to work wellp"
Certainly, it must work; it can't
help it
"And there's always wind upon
that hill; if it does not come up one
valley, it is sure to come up the other;
and the hill is so high and steep that
there is nothing to interrupt the full
sweep of the wind, come which way it
will. You think then. on the whole.
that the thing can not fail of complete
SUGGEST
II should think so, sir, but for one
thing"
"Ah! what's thatp"
ii have been wondering in my own
mind how you are to get up your saw.
logs
Jefferson threw up his hands and
eyes. Il never thought of that" The
mill was abandoned, of course. Ben:
Perley Poore, in Boston Budget.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
Regarding Chinch Bugs.

Scientists have traced out with the
utmost care the life history and habits
of the chinch bug, but us yet can not
offer any practical way of destroying
them or preventing their dissemination
or multiplication. Wheat farming is
particularly favorable to their growth,
especially where winter wheat is
grown. 1t has been recommended to
not raise wheat for while so the bugs
would disappear, but as some persist in
raising wheat, at least occasionally. and
as it is pretty well understood that
these bugs will live even if no wheat is
raised, under favorable conditions of
weather, ETC.. it can easily be seen how
hard it is to get rid of them. How
ever, in regions lately or at present in
tested with them, farmers should make
this fact strong point against sowing
wheat The wheat crop is not alone
jeopardized; corn and other crops will
also suffer Diversified farming, with
wheat mainly left out. is the best
practice we now know of.-Prairie
Farmer
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
ONE OF THE CROWD.
The Man with The Little Bib Meets One Of
His Victims.

The Man with The Little Bin Meets One Of
His Victims.
He returned To Detroit from Il trip to
Europe Saturday night. When he
crossed the river and felt that he was
home once more he stepped high. He
expected Il little crowd TO meet him at
the depot, and he was not disappointed.
A score of people took him by the
hand and welcomed him home. One
of the score did more than that He
drew the returned aside and said:
$50 you have been to Europep"
Yes"
Gone ninety days. eh?" %
Yes, about ninety"
Have good time?' .
"Splendidr'
We'll. | am awful glad to see you
back. So you have had good timeP'
"lndecd. sir. did"
Glad tic get home, s'pose?"
Yes.
Ibid they treat you well over
there?'
''Oh, certainly, Let's see? You
have the advantage of me. What is
your name, please?"
MY name? Oh. I'm Green"
"Greenp Green?'
"Yes-used to run feed store on
Michigan avenue, you know You
went off owing me 81 60 for oats, but
haven't worried over it bit just
thought I'd drop down and welcome
you, and if you had the change handy
I'd receipt the bill. "-Detrou Free
Press
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
A Deserted Village.

The best example of deserted WILL
age at present known on the Pacific
coast is II puston, Idaho. Three years
ago it contained over five hundred in
habitants; now there are. all told. nine
persons in the place. The town has a
fresh and bright look. There is Il
handsome hotel on the main street; a
big smeltcr is seen; there is large
brewery. and all along the principal
street stand neat stores. with fresh
looking signs; but the people are gone,
and all is silent. A newspaper outfit
was collapsed before paper was is.
sued. and the owners of the material
seem to have never since had money
enough to pay the freight out. The
town sprung up on the strength of a
big copper prospect; the copper ''pe-
tered and the people skedaddled,
many of them leaving behind furniture
and all else except clothing and some
light and valuable goods. - Virginia
City Enterprise.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
CATTLE AND DOGS.
How Many Good Farm Animals are Hope
Iessly Wrecked.

The majority of farmers think it
very necessary to keep dog to help
them drive the stock. A well-trained
dog may be of some help, but the
- rgest per cent. of the dogs kept for
this purpose do considerable more
harm than good. Not being under
your control to any considerable ex-
tent. and, well started after stock, it
is more trouble to stop them and get
them to let the stock alone than it
would have been to have driven the
stock yourself, and this, too, without
taking into consideration the damage
done to the stock.
On many farms the cows are allowed
the run of the pasture, and at night it
very often devolves upon the boy of
the farm to drive them to be milked
Mounted upon a horse, and &C com-
panied by the necessary dog, the COWS
are hurried home on the run as rapidly
as possible, the boy alternately urging
the dog, his horse and the cattle by
whooping and yelling, often aided in
his work with good stick which he
has learned to use mot wisely but too
we'll" Leaving out the other many
risks of injuring the stock from vari-
Gus causes, this one injury to the
cows and their milk ought to
be sufficient t, induce change.
1t is surely bad enough to
worry the other stock with, in many
cases, a useless dog. but to drive the
COWS, with their well-filled udders of
milk, home on run with a barking,
biting dog at their heels to add to their
excitement and worry, is certainly
cruel as well as injurious, and it is not
only tlso animal but also the product
that is affected. Not only the quality
but the quantity is affected, so much so
that often it is not fit to use or to be
manufactured into butter or cheese
Such milk is not good for the calves or
to be used in the family. and when we
consider that this is wholly uncalled for
and could easily be avoided it would
certainly seem advisable to discon-
tinue it.
Then in addition we must consider
the loss of flesh that must be occasioned
from unnecessary running and beating
up. Since cows of an easy exctable
nature will gradually get into such a
condition that the sight of dog will
needlessly excite them, the boy and the
horse are bad enough without the dog.
In fact, stock ought not to be driven
faster than walk at any time, and the
mich cows more especially so than any
thing else. Treat them kind and when
driving be careful not to hurry them
out of walk. Planter and StOckna,a
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Folks going oil to the springs should
remember that Il promise of fifty cents
will get more out of waiter than one
dollar cash. -Macon Telegraph.
Some Washington ladies have in
troduced the fashion of wearing rings
on their thumbs, and each, of course,
thinks herself thumhody, in conse-
quence.
ODD Lady Gin drug store, to small
boy)-''What am to take this medi
cine in, sonnyP' Sonny-"Take it in
your mouth, mum. faint to be rubbed
on. IN y. SIM.
A two-story brick house fell on n
Chicago reporter, and when they dug
him out of the debris he had two-col-
umn article written about the accident.
-Newmon Independent,
Expensive Recreation
After the clouds the blue.
After the drought the dew
And after you've taken your summer vacation
The bills will shower on you.
= BurdeHe.
"A Michigan lady put phosphorus
on her bunion the other night and re-
tired. In the night the husband spied
the glowing thing. and sizing it up for
FREELY banged it with bootjack
She never speaks to him now without
punching him with the crutch which
she has since been obliged to wear
-"Gentlemen of the jury once
said an old time judge in Mobile. "the
lawyers have been here two whole days
discussing the constitutionality of the
law under which this suit was brought.
You have nothing to do with that. All
you have to ascertain is whether the
man got the money. If he did he ought
to pay it, Take the case.
Miss Hood Three in the gold,
Captain. I've outshot you this time"
Captain Angus-"Yes, but what has
become of my other arrow? | shot
three. Voice of tramp in bushes
"When you folks git through countin'
up wish you'd jest come in an unpin
my ear from this hickory tree; faint
gold, but it's got feelin' in it.'-7id-
Bits.
Papa, how do they catch mon
keysp' inquired Willie, who had been
TO the menagerie. 1.-The best way now
adays, think, is by means of double
barreled hustle and triple size cart
wheel hat and fancy parasol."
"Yes, remarked Willie's mother. mus
ingly, II used to be very much addicted
to those little foibles before we were
married. - Washington Critic.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
NOVEL EXECUTION.
How . Colony of Sparrows Punished n
Troublesome Member.

Troublesome Member.
The good and bad traits. the pug
nacity, the domesticity, fecundity. vor-
acity and other qualities of the English
sparrow have all been subjected to ex-
haustive treaties by renowned ornithol-
ogists and learned professors, and
many odd stories have been told of their
intelligence and reasoning power, but
none of them will surpass the following
which is authenticated by such men as
ex-Sheriff c. B. Smith, Prosecuting At
torney j. G. McCluer, Deputy Sheriff
Ben Stewart, Captain Bob Patterson,
and dozens of other citizens whose ver-
acity can not be questioned. This is the
story as told by them A large colony
of English sparrows have built their
nests in the crevices of the cornice,
above the columns among the dentals,
and in fact wherever they can get one
to stick about the courthouse. Their
familiarity with the law and its provis-
ions was well established the other day.
Above the door of the sheriff's office,
between the spout and the cornice. about
twenty-five feet from the ground. a
family was building large nest, but in
its erection had either jumped the claim
of another family, or some tramp spar
row, too lazy to work, had concluded
to squat on the premises, for about
noon the building was stopped and a
noisy crowd was trying to drive stub
born bird away. After time they
succeeded. but he returned again and
again, while the builders were absent.
At last it was observed that when the
architects and builders were away after
material one or two remained constantly
on the watch. This was kept up unit
about two o. clock, when the offending
bird again returned. This time the
birds on guard pitched into him. am
were assisted by several others who flew
TO their assistance. They surrounded
the little fellow. and by some means.
how the interested observers could not
tell, they succeeded in getting small
string or thread about his neck. They
then forced him over the edge of the
nest until he fell a distance of three feet
and brought up at the end of the halter.
The bird could not release himself or
find any place to alight except on the
nest above He tried to reach this, and
did so perhaps dozen times or more,
but every time he was caught and
thrown back into space by the vigilance
committee which was stationed in II
solid phalanx aronnd the edge of the
nest At last the little fellow became
xhAusted and fell the length of the
cord and was strangled to death. AS
soon as the bird ceased to struggle the
throng about the nest dispersed after
chattering expression of opinion, and
the builders proceeded with their work.
leaving the culprit hanging as a warm
ing to others.
This is the second instance of orni-
biological justice melted out according
to the statutes which has occurred in
this city. In the other case the culprit
was hanged to the limb of tree by
another colony of sparrows in the lower
end of the city under almost exactly
similar circumstances. - Pdrkersbur9
Nv Va. Letter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
lce-Making at Home.

Take a cylindrical earthen vessel and
pour 81 ounces of commercial sulphuric
acid and Il ounces of water into it and
then add l ounce of powdered sulphate
of soda. In the center of this mixture,
place a smaller vessel containing the
water to be frozen; then cover the
vessel, and, if possible, revolve the
whole with a gentle motion. In II
few minutes, the water in the small
vessel will be converted into ice. The
same mixture can be used second or
third time for making a block of ice.
The operation should, if possible, be
performed in cool place, in cellar,
for example. Science en- Fam,tle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
JEFF DAVIS ADVISERS.
But Three oil the Entire Number Now In
the Land of the Living.


the Land of the Living.
The death of K. M. I. Hunter, of
Virginia. who was member of the
of the entire number still surviving.
There were fourteen in all who held
Cabinet positions under Mr.. Davis DUR
ing the existence of the Confederate
Government There survive Congress
man Reagin, who was Postmaster
G neral of the Confederacy from first
to last; Thomas H. Watts, of Alabama,
who was Attorney for short
tine, and G Gorge f. Davis, of North
Carolina, who also filled that position
for few months. Mr.. Reagan lives
at Palestine, Tex. and has been
member of the House for many years,
and is now elected to the Senate. Mr.
Watts lives at Montgomery. Ala. is a
very active man, still engaged in the
practice of law Mr.. Davis, of North
Carolina, still lives in Washington,
practicing law. 1t seems a little GU
rous that of the fourteen that served
with jeff Davis eleven should have died
before him. Perhaps he may outlive
all of them, for he seems to be active,
both physically and men'a l,y. if we
are to judge from the frequency with
which he is heard from on the current
topics of tile day. He is now in his
eightieth year, having been born June
g. 1903 The eleven deceased members
of the Confederate Cabinet are: Btnja-
min. Bragg. Breckenridge, Hunter
Mallory, Memmingrr Randolph, Sed-
den. Toombs, Trenholm and Walker
Reagan is the only member OF the
original Cabinet left. Toombs. the first
S .cretary of State; Memminger the
first Secretary of the Treasury; Nal
lory, the first Secretary of the Navy,
and Walker. the first Secretary OF war,
having all passed away.-M O. He"''
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
Horse of Another Color.

Can you help me to trifle, STRIP
he said to a Chicago citizen on State
street; Pm a poor man with a wife
and 'leven children, and
''Nothing-nothing," responded the
citizen, brusquely, hurrying on
AN I'm trying to raise money
enough to obtain divorce"
"Oh," said the citizen, stopping
short, there's dollar for YOU
life
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL.

Mrs. Ole Bull has taken Mr..
Edwin Booths house on Chestnut
street, Boston, for next winter.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota. has
no children of his own, but gives
paternal care to nine fricnGless
orphans.
In the garden of the old Mcclellan
house. in Gorham, Me, the first brick
building erected in that county, lady
recently found n notwithstanding
gold ring. with this inscription still
legble on the inside: "You are the
rose that have chose"
Among the new members of Con-
gress it is said that only Mr.. Granger,
of Connecticut, bears the honorary de-
gree of LII. d. Mr.. Phelan, of Tennes-
see, one of the youngest members of
the House, bears that of PHI. d., con-
ferred by the University of Lcipsic.
The beauty of American women
often puzzles foreigners, who can not
account for it, One ingenious lady Of
foreign birth has produced the theory
that the reason that Americans have
such good forms is that their restless
ness and nervousness prevent their
being long in one position, so that any
defect is not likely to become fixed.
In Yorkshire when the clergyman
asks the bridegroom if he will have
the woman to be his welded wife the
man will not unfrequently turn to the
woman and say, wilt tina black my
bootsp" and the woman will invariably
say, II wilt and tho man then re-
joins: "Now, tha'st said it," and he
holds her to her word. ST. LouiS Re
pubiican
San Francisco has most COM
mcndabe club, called the Sight
Seers." 1t is Il walking club, with no
INITIATION fees and no dues, the only
requisite being that each member bring
his lunch on the regular weekly tramps
The club recently assembled Mount
Tamalpais. from which one may over
look San Francisco and the surround
ing country for fifty miles.
Taking him down II peg" This
is said to have been derived from the
custom ordained by King Edgar, that
pegs should be fastened in the drink
ing horns at intervals. that who ever
drank beyond these marks at one
draught should be liable to punish
ment. The custom was called pin
drinking, or pin-nicking, and hence the
origin of the phrase, "He is merry
pin," and also of the expression,
Take him down a peg
Says letter from Richfeld
Springs, N. Y: The band here, an ex-
cellent one, is under the direction of IL
why. bright-oyed little Frenchman,
Prof. Lombard. Mr.. Lombard did not
originally intend to be a musician.
my fader,' he said yesterday, "vas u
Pareesian wiz greet admirazeone fer re
Napoleon. Ven vas leetlc boy he
read me all vot re Napoleon do in bat
tie, and he say, 'Ah, zere vas &c noble
Frenchman. Vive l'EmpereurH Zen
say. Ven l grone up vii be like re
Napoleon and fight re great battle. ;
But, ah, how ecs it now? Vas only II
tam iddlerr'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16

The TO ,l-kiler received a loud call
from Ponca, Neb.. last week. A man
named B ,lton, with IA new-fangled fl v
trap--a blanket satura ed with coal oil
hung it up in the house and waited for
the harvest The trap was soon loaded
with swarms of flies and then set on
fire. The flies were destroyed. togetl err
with the blanket and the house. The
experiment ,st him $780,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16

-Large shipments of shovels are
being made from Pittsburgh, Pa, to
South Am RIGA. to a very large and
growing extent supplanting he clumsy
E lglish goods which have heretofore
been supplied to the markets there.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16

"A singular rodent from Somali-
land is about the size of a mouse, but
is said from his hairless skin, small
eyes and peculiar head. to look more
like tiny puppy. The ears are simple
round holes, without conch, and the
eyeballs are barely half millimeter
In diameter. 1t burrows IN the earth.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16

Great Britain is suffering from a
great drought this year. The rivers
are drying up and thousands of f.h
are lying dead in the bottoms Of dried
up str ans.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16
POISONOUS COLORS.
Some OF the Dangerous Egg Substitute,
Used by City Bakeries.

SSU W DdkcFless
The American Society for the Pre-.
vention OF Adulteration of Food ia
distributing the following circular
among Philadelphia bakers and con.
fectioners: You are hereby notified
that the enumerated colors herein arc
poisonous. and if you p rsist in the
use of any of them after the rcceip. of
this no ice, you will e prose to
the full extent of the present law.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-12-16

The whole length OF mail routes IN
operation In the United States amounts
to 375. 600 iles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-13

Since the Supreme Court met. at Tslla,
hasssee last Monday the Clerk has isaled
three alternative writs OF mandamus. The
FIRST one il the State ex rel G. w. Gonzalez
VS. Manuel Palmes, Collector OF Revenue
for Escambia county, TO compel the collector
70 issue 10 Gonzalez license as a contract t
ing stevedore. as provided by chapter 1921,
Laws Of Florida. 1881. The second one Is
the State ex rel. the City Council OF Pa
latka VS.. Benjamin A. Deal, City Tax As
SCISSOR, to compel the assessor to assess tue
property in the city, as provided by section
OF chapter $3.50, Laws of Florida 1881.
The third one is the State ex rel. r NC
Quad ct al. VS.. the County Commissioners
Of Duval county, TO compel the Cominls,
soners to perform their duties, as prescribed
by an act of the last Legislature, known as
the "JacksonVille Charter Act.'